A dynamic neural field (DNF) model is presented which provides a process-based account
of behavior and developmental change in a key task used to probe the early development of …

This article reviews the major contributions of dynamic systems theory (DST) in advancing
thinking about development, the empirical insights the theory has generated, and the key …

Developmental science is an interdisciplinary scientific field dedicated to understanding and
explaining developmental processes, and optimizing the adaptive development of the …

The Cartesian-Split-Mechanistic scientific paradigm that until recently functioned as the
standard conceptual framework for sub-fields of developmental science (including …

Classic approaches to word learning emphasize referential ambiguity: In naming situations,
a novel word could refer to many possible objects, properties, actions, and so forth. To solve …

The prominence of Bayesian modeling of cognition has increased recently largely because
of mathematical advances in specifying and deriving predictions from complex probabilistic …

This chapter argues that the Cartesian-split-mechanistic scientific paradigm that until
recently functioned as the standard conceptual framework for subfields of developmental …

Purpose Many people who stutter experience the phenomenon of anticipation—the sense
that stuttering will occur before it is physically and overtly realized. A systematic investigation …

Executive function plays a foundational role in everyday behaviors across the life span. The
theoretical understanding of executive-function development, however, is still a work in …

The dynamic systems (DS) approach has emerged as an influential and potentially unifying
metatheory for developmental science. Its central platform–the argument against design …